Cambridge Astrophysicist Anthony Lasenby to Keynote SIGGRAPH 2003 Conference.Business Editors SIGGRAPH 2003 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 Cambridge Astrophysicist Anthony Lasenby presents the SIGGRAPH 2003 keynote address, "Modeling the Cosmos: The Shape of the Universe," at the 30th International Conference on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques, 29 - 31 July 2003 at the San Diego Convention Center The San Diego Convention Center is the main convention center for the city of San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive. , San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . "One of today's leading cosmologists, Lasenby studies the shape and evolution of the universe," said Alyn Rockwood, SIGGRAPH 2003 conference chair from Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines, at Golden; state supported, coeducational; chartered 1874. It was one of the first mineral engineering schools in the United States. . "He will share the fascination of this research in a presentation aimed at all levels and backgrounds. It includes a new geometric model that has surprising implications for cosmology and how we view and model the universe around us." Anthony Lasenby is Professor of Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Cambridge, and is currently Head of the Astrophysics Group and the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. in the Cavendish Laboratory. He began his astronomical career with a Ph.D. at Jodrell Bank, Manchester, specializing in the Cosmic Microwave Background Noun 1. cosmic microwave background - (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2. , which has been a major subject of his research ever since. After a brief period at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), federal observatory for radio astronomy, founded in 1956 and operated under contract with the National Science Foundation by Associated Universities, Inc., a group of major universities. in America, he moved from Manchester to Cambridge in 1984, and has been at the Cavendish since then. He is the author or co-author of nearly two hundred papers spanning a wide range of fields, from early universe cosmology to computer vision. Lasenby's first introduction to Geometric Algebra came in 1988, when he encountered the work of David Hestenes for the first time, and since then he has been developing Geometric Algebra techniques and employing them in his research in many areas. Immediately preceding the keynote, ACM SIGGRAPH will present three awards: The Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics to Pat Hanrahan, Stanford University; the Computer Graphics Achievement Award to Peter Schroder, California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. ; and the Significant New Researcher Award to Mathieu Desbrun, University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . Nearly 25,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from six continents will gather at SIGGRAPH 2003 to showcase their best work to a multi-disciplinary international community. A comprehensive technical program and special events focusing on research, art, animation, games, interactivity, and the web are planned. SIGGRAPH 2003 includes a three-day exhibition of products and services for the computer graphics and interactive marketplace from 29 - 31 July 2003. SIGGRAPH 2003 is sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH, the leading professional society for computer graphics and interactive techniques. Information on ACM SIGGRAPH membership and other conferences and activities can be found at www.siggraph.org. |
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